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2 days ago
Oct 3, 2024, 10:16:57 AM
Step by step of the bug
Step 1
Besiege a settlement with a single lord and no other units
Step 2
Retreat over the end turn
Step 3
See how the AI fails to recruit a lord in that settlement
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Latest - 5.2.6 - 29366
This has been my experience from as early as Warhammer 1 and I exploit it mercilessly. This is regardless of mods and a major flaw in AI recruitment.
When I don't want the AI to recruit any units or a lord from a particular settlement and when I am able, I will besiege that settlement, even with just a single lord and no other units, because I know that over the end turn phase, when the AI's garrison sallies forth and attacks my besieiging army, it will not recruit a lord after my army retreats.
Therefore I can indefinitely repeat this process to stall the AI across an infinite amount of turns - so long as my army is not significantly threatened or defeated by another force.
Conversely, if the AI attacks besieges my settlement and my garrison sallies forth and the AI retreats, I can recruit a lord, regiments of renown, warband recruitment, raise dead, allied recruit, global recruit and the rest of it. The AI cannot and has not ever been able to do this - as far as I can tell.